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BNDX vs IGOV

Both International Bond.

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
41.5 %

823 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and IGOV would leave roughly 41.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BNDX only 57.3% Shared 41.5% IGOV only 53.8%
In BNDX only
5,886 positions
Shared
823 positions
In IGOV only
89 positions

Side by side

BNDX

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund

Vanguard · International Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$123.29B
TTM yield
4.51%
Top-10 conc.
4.3%
IGOV

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · International Bond

68 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$1.37B
TTM yield
1.43%
Top-10 conc.
4.0%

Sub-score comparison

93
Cost
65
51
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
63
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BNDX sub-score IGOV

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

BNDX is 28 bps cheaper than IGOV. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for IGOV.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with BNDX vs IGOV.

Top shared holdings

823 shared in total
# Holding In BNDX In IGOV Overlap
1 French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.39% 0.29% 0.29%
2 French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.28% 0.28% 0.28%
3 French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.25% 0.28% 0.25%
4 United Kingdom Gilt 0.37% 0.25% 0.25%
5 French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.23% 0.28% 0.23%
6 French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.23% 0.24% 0.23%
7 French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.24% 0.23% 0.23%
8 French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.23% 0.25% 0.23%
9 United Kingdom Gilt 0.38% 0.22% 0.22%
10 French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.21% 0.22% 0.21%
11 United Kingdom Gilt 0.36% 0.21% 0.21%
12 French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.25% 0.21% 0.21%

Only in BNDX

5,886 total
  • Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau 0.21%
  • European Union 0.21%
  • Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe 0.20%
  • French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.18%
  • European Union 0.15%
  • European Union 0.15%
  • Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe 0.14%
  • Spain Government Bond 0.13%
  • European Union 0.12%
  • Korea Treasury Bond 0.12%

Only in IGOV

89 total
  • Ireland Government Bonds 0.38%
  • Bundesobligation 0.34%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.29%
  • Finland Government Bonds 0.27%
  • Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT 0.26%
  • Ireland Government Bonds 0.24%
  • Republic of Austria Government Bonds 0.24%
  • Finland Government Bonds 0.23%
  • Netherlands Government Bonds 0.22%
  • Finland Government Bonds 0.21%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

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